Croatia Producer Prices at 3-Month High

2026-09-10 09:31 By Erika Ordonez 1 min. read

Producer prices in Croatia increased by 6.2% year-on-year in August 2026, accelerating from 4.9% in the previous month and marking the highest reading since May.

Costs in mining and quarrying advanced sharply (28.7% vs 13.9% in July), reflecting higher prices in the extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas (54.1% vs 19.5%).

Additionally, manufacturing prices continued to rise (5.6% vs 4.3%), particularly for the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum (59.6% vs 38.7%), basic metals (6.2% vs 3.6%), chemicals and chemical products (6.0% vs 5.2%), wearing apparel (2.1% vs 1.5%), and wood and wood products, except furniture, articles of straw and plaiting materials (6.5% vs 6.1%).

Prices for electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply also edged higher (5.6% vs 5.4%).

On a monthly basis, producer prices rose 1.3% in August, recovering from a 0.2% fall in the previous month.



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